Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Case	Docket Number	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Authoring Justice	Topics
Dole Food Co., et al. v. Patrickson, Gerardo / Dead Sea Bromine Co., Ltd., & Bromine Compounds Ltd. v. Patrickson, Gerardo, et a	01-593,01-594	01/22/2003		9th Circuit Court of Appeals (251 F.3d 795)				Jurisdiction immunity corporations Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, et al. v. New York City (06/14/2007)	06-134	04/24/2007	06/14/2007	2nd Circuit Court of Appeals (April 26, 2006)	Affirmed	7-2	Clarence Thomas	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act property taxes Foreign sovereigns tax liens
Philippines v. Pimental	06-1204	03/17/2008	06/12/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit		7-2	Anthony M. Kennedy	sovereign immunity necessary parties interpleader indispensable parties Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 civil procedure
Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc., et al. (06/18/2007)	05-85	04/16/2007	06/18/2007	9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Dec. 8, 2004)	Reversed	7-2	Antonin Scalia	Jurisdiction Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Foreign states
Republic of Austria, et al. v. Altmann, Maria (06/07/2004)	03-13	02/25/2004	06/07/2004	9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Dec. 12, 2002)	Affirmed	6-3	John Paul Stevens	Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act wrongful appropriation US jurisdiction

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